Edward C. Pytlik     Emeritus Professor Technology Education West Virginia University PO Box 6122 Morgantown, WV 26506 304-599-1378 e-mail: Ed.Pytlik@mail.wvu.edu

Degrees:

• Ph.D. Iowa State University, 1977
  Major:   Industrial Education     Minor:    Technology and Social Change in Foreign Cultures
  
   
• M.A., University of Maryland, 1973
  Major:   Industrial Education    
  
   
• B.S., University of Maryland, 1972
  Major:    Industrial Education 

Courses Taught:

• Technology: Its History and Development
• Technology and Third World Development
• Technology and Society
• Contemporary Problems in Production
• Technical Developments in Production
• Women in International Development
• Advanced Studies
• Introduction To Technology

Research Interests Include:

• Production Systems;
   
• Technological change and resultant social-technical interactions;
   
• Small scale industry development; and
   
• Technology Transfer to third world countries.
   

Research Projects:

• Assessing the literature on the benefits of external science and technology aid assistance to developing economies, National Science Foundation, 1995-1997, with Vasudevan, P.
• Rural technology curriculum development project, USIA, 1990-1993, with Maughan, G.

RECENT SCHOLARLY EFFORTS:

Articles, Books, & Chapters

• Cultural and gender issues in appropriate technology, with Akubue, A. & Frank III, E.; in Appropriate Technology for sustainable living, CTTE 50th Year Book; Wicklein, R., Ed. 2001
• Conducting qualitative research in the classroom, The Technology Teacher, 3/97

Presentations
 

• Contemporary problems in production. International Technology Education Association conference, Fort Worth, TX., March, 1998.
• Assessing the literature on the benefits of science and technology assistance to developing countries. Global Awareness Society international conference, Montreal, Canada, May, 1997.